Because WHO IS PERFECT

Karma-Europe

A Swiss charity has created mannequins based on the bodies of disabled people in a bid to raise awareness that no one has a perfect body.

Pro Infirmis, an organisation for people with disabilities, worked with people suffering from scoliosis (a curved spine), shortened limbs and a woman in a wheelchair.

Each had a mannequin made to perfectly reflect their body shape – which, to their delight, was then displayed in a high street store in Zurich’s main shopping street.

Each is measured before mannequins are painstakingly crafted to mirror their bodies.
Each person returns to the warehouse to see their carefully created model – hidden under a blanket when they first enter.
The film captures the remarkable moment each person sees their unique sculpture – and reveals the internal struggle some of those involved have accepting their appearance.
Upon seeing her mannequin, one woman declares: ‘It’s special to see yourself like this, when you usually can’t look at yourself in the mirror.’

Viewers then see the mannequins carefully dressed and placed in the front window in a shop on Bahnhofstrasse, Zurich’s main downtown street.
Far from the tall, curve free models seen worldwide, passers-by see a a woman with a curved spine, or a man or woman in a wheelchair.
One model said: ‘Seeing it there for real is quite a shock.’
This, says the charity Pro Infirmis, is the point of the campaign. It hopes to raise awareness of people with disabilities, specifically in the image-obsessed worlds of fashion and retail.

Karma-Europe

Karma-Europe opened its doors in 2013 with the goal to serve our clients in Central Europe in the best possible way. Our ultimate target is to be able to deliver a wheelchair that has the ability to help not only with solving a mobility need. With our Karma products we even more strive to increase the standard of a person’s possibilities in enjoying the daily life and by that improve the quality of life.